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As a judge and highly successful barrister, Charles James Monckton Miskin QC is used to dealing with deceit on a criminal level. During the complex fraud trials in which he specialises, his brilliant legal mind cuts through the elaborate web of lies woven by many of those he encounters in court.

Poor Vonage. All they want to do is give everyone a cheap phone and a not so cheap price.

Tigers may be in for a death sentence. The Chinese government is under pressure from business interests to lift its 1993 ban on the tiger trade -- making tiger parts legal for use in traditional medicines and clothing. Is extinction on the horizon, along with the Green Olympics?

Salvia divinorum and nutmeg (yes, nutmeg) are legal alternatives for tripping out.

Another legal door was slammed today in the ever-contentious question of medical marijuana, when a federal appeals court ruled once again that Angel Raich of Oakland, Calif., could be prosecuted for smoking cannabis even though her doctor says it is the only drug keeping her alive.